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The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us; the more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us; the less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us; the less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.

David W Augsburger
Running, Differences, Trying
David W. Augsburger (1992). “Conflict Mediation Across Cultures: Pathways and Patterns”, p.229, Westminster John Knox Press
The more we run from conflict, the more it masters us; the more we try to avoid it, the more it controls us; the less we fear conflict, the less it confuses us; the less we deny our differences, the less they divide us.